asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the figures for each of the years from 1970 to 1981 for the number of women from the Republic of Ireland who had abortions in England and Wales according to age, marital status, statutory groups, number of previous live-born children, gestation weeks at the time of the operation, duration of stay in the place where the operation was carried out, and categories of premises.
Statistics are produced routinely for numbers of legal abortions by country of usual residence and age of woman and these figures for Republic of Ireland residents, 1970 to 1980, are given as follows. Some of the additional data requested for the Irish Republic are available, having been specially commissioned by a Research Unit in that country. I have arranged for those tables which show numbers of abortions by marital status, statutory grounds, duration of stay and category of premises, 1976 to 1980, to be sent to my hon. Friend. The remainder of the information could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
Year
| All ages
| Under 16
| 16–19
| 20–24
| 25–29
| 30–34
| 35–39
| 40–44
| 45 and over
| not stated
|
| 1978 | 2,548 | 6 | 364 | 1,054 | 594 | 260 | 156 | 69 | 13 | 32 |
| 1979 | 2,804 | 12 | 403 | 1,133 | 622 | 340 | 171 | 78 | 5 | 40 |
| 1980 | 3,320 | 16 | 479 | 1,379 | 735 | 380 | 224 | 91 | 11 | 5 |
Source:
1970–73 Registrar General's Statistical Review of England and Wales, Supplement on abortion, table 15.
1974–80 OPCS Series AB Abortion Statistics, table 6.11.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the figures for each of the years from 1970 to 1981 for the number of women from Northern Ireland who had abortions in England and Wales according to age, marital status, statutory groups, number of previous live-born children, gestation weeks at the time of the operation, duration of stay in the place where the operation was carried out, and categories of premises.
| Legal abortions by age: Northern Ireland residents, 1970–1980 | ||||||||||
| Year | All ages | Under 16 | 16–19 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45 and over | not stated |
| 1970 | 199 | 2 | 47 | 66 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1971 | 648 | 7 | 139 | 234 | 107 | 75 | 44 | 25 | — | 17 |
| 1972 | 775 | 12 | 169 | 275 | 115 | 80 | 72 | 34 | 3 | 15 |
| 1973 | 1,007 | 10 | 191 | 345 | 183 | 121 | 89 | 46 | 5 | 17 |
| 1974 | 1,092 | 20 | 256 | 337 | 189 | 137 | 89 | 48 | 3 | 13 |
| 1975 | 1,115 | 25 | 257 | 359 | 173 | 135 | 96 | 48 | 4 | 18 |
| 1976 | 1,142 | 18 | 292 | 356 | 200 | 121 | 78 | 51 | 1 | 25 |
| 1977 | 1,244 | 21 | 325 | 374 | 215 | 136 | 101 | 53 | 2 | 17 |
| 1978 | 1,311 | 19 | 337 | 414 | 208 | 153 | 106 | 49 | 4 | 21 |
| 1979 | 1,425 | 15 | 339 | 486 | 235 | 146 | 124 | 62 | 1 | 17 |
| 1980 | 1,565 | 24 | 405 | 527 | 250 | 158 | 135 | 54 | 5 | 7 |
Source:
1970–3 Registrar General's Statistical Review of England and Wales, Supplement on abortion, table 15.
1974–80 OPCS Series AB Abortion Statistics, table 6.11.